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Superstition Phenomenon Research-in The Tourism Activities Based On The Analysis Of The Tourists Behavior

Posted on:2014-09-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330422453562Subject:Human Geography
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With the development of the economy, the progress of the society, tourismactivities tend to be more and more popular and universal.Workers, farmers,white-collar workers, civil servants and other people from all walks of life areinvolved, that makes tourism group rich and colorful. Different cultures collide andblend, showing a scene of prosperity.But it is because the tourism destination is acomplicated place, gave the "superstitious" a chink in the wall.Superstitionoriginators make use of the root of Chinese traditional and feudal superstition, anduse people’s fragile psychological, to hype superstition.In addition,they burieddifferent superstition traps in tourism destination to grab ill-gotten gains.Andnow,tourism destination management system is not complete.To some extent,itprovides some convenience for superstition activities. As a result, questions about thetourism development and social development appeared.The point of view about superstition, superstition and tourism from domestic andoverseas is reviewed in this paper. Adopting three method,that is case analysis,literature analysis and data research,and using theory of some,such as touristpsychology, tourist environment, religious studies, organizational behavior, traditionalChinese numerology and so on,this thesis analysed the characteristics of tourists’superstitious behavior and the reasons,besides deep mining the social issues behindsuperstitious activities,to look for effective way to restrain superstition behavior.It is difficult to define and classify superstitious behavior of touristdestination."Superstition" is a mixed state and is very controversial.Fortune-telling,burning incense,praying,consecration and panaceas transaction, at first were of withparticular significance in the I ching and religious activities whitch is an importantpart of Chinese traditional culture.Classifing them as "superstition" refers to that partof the meaning that they are used to bring tourists and society great harm bycriminals.
Keywords/Search Tags:travel, superstition, religion, folk faith, burn incense
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